CONDITIONS IN CANADA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 275, 9 November 1911, Page 3

CONDITIONS IN CANADA.

: WAGES AX I) FOOD. j A prolific topic of discussion dt;r- ■ ing the election was the respective i values of wages and food in neigh- < botiring Canadian and American (cities of the West. Light on the ! subject is thrown by the Victoria i ■'Tinies." which states that in the i city of Victoria bricklayers and i masons are gating 3 - per hour, caripenters 17 - per day. plumbers ,£] 'per day. painters 16- per day, and i unorganised labour from 11 - to 12- : per day. Side by side with this the ; following prices of fod are quoted from the same journal : Lamb and I mutton, 7jl to I 3 per lb: beef, 'xl •to I 3 per lb ; ham. lOd to 1 - per i lb ; salmon. 5d to 7'd ; chicken and i turkey. I 2 to 2- per lb; butter. 1 3 Ito 2- per lb. Even allowing for rent j being double what it is in England. ■ the benefit of the doubt seems to be due to Victoria when comparison is j made with the value of earnings in i the Mother ( ountrv. ! RECORD WHEAT CROP. ! There does not appear to be any i doubt, for the statement has official confirmation. that the yield of the ) Canadian wheat lands this season reaches a total of over 200.000.000 . bushels. Reduced to averages, which make the situation clearer on this side of the Atlantic, the average per acre is 19*. bushels, or 6.J. bushels per acre more than in 1910. How will this enormous stock have to be got rid of ’ In the first place Canada. V. lii.-11 has a population of 7.1 millions. will require s bushels per head for the food of its own people. That will absorb 60.000.0<>0 bushels. Then some 1 f. 000.000 bushels will lie used for seed ami for food as trosted or low grade wheat. Thus there remains. sav. roughly. 11.5.000.000some figures put it as high as I 10.000.000 imshels to lie disposed of to other nations. < treat Britain takes her share, but here the Canadian wheat-grower has to meet the com- . petition of growers from all parts of the world. Other European countries also are buyers. But in all these countries Canadian wheat is 'mainly used for raising the quality [of lower grade softer wheats 1»y adj mixture: heme the requirement is • so small as to leave Canada with an • enormous surplus store to dispose of. The was strong that the offer \.,f the Cnited States to give Canadian 100011 free entri would provide an ample market, but that hope lias been disturbed by the elections. The Cnited States is, however, anxious t ,, Laie Canadian wheat, not only f,,r I er own milling requirements but for export. her own exportable sur- | obi- Laving almost reached vanishing pomi. and. free enlrv or otherwine. her demand will have to he met.